Here is a pure heart in the Text: 'Tis a heart re-made pure. A heart made pure by a gracious Restitution. And mark it, I say, it is a heart remade. It is not a heart mended; that will not serve the turn. The heart of man received such a crack in the fall, that there is no mending of it: It must be new made. Therefore I say, the pure heart is a heart ⟨p. 51⟩re-made, new made. As we commonly say of a Bell, if a Bell receive a crack, there is no mending of it: You cannot mend a Bell, as you may mend a Brass Pan, by putting a piece to it: There is no way to mend a cracked Bell, but by new casting it; it must to the Founder. Truly thus it is with mans heart; there is no mending it, no putting a patch to it; no repairing it, as you may repair a house that is dilapidated. No, it must be new made: and therefore the pure heart which is here spoken of in the Text, in other Texts is called a new heart, Ezek. 36. 25, 26. It is not a mended heart, but it is a new heart. I will take away the heart of stone. The former heart is an heart of stone; a heart that hath no more of remorse in it; no more of softness or tenderness in it, than a stone: I will take away the heart of stone. He doth not say, I will mend the heart of stone, but I will take it away. ⟨p. 52⟩That is, I will take away the heart, so far as it is stony; And I will give you an heart of flesh: that is a new heart, an heart of flesh. The remade heart is a heart made wholly new: It is made wholly new by the power of God; and I may give it you in these four things.
Here is a pure heart in the Text: 'Tis a heart re-made pure. A heart made pure by a gracious Restitution. And mark it, I say, it is a heart remade. It is not a heart mended; that will not serve the turn. The heart of man received such a crack in the fall, that there is no mending of it: It must be new made. Therefore I say, the pure heart is a heart ⟨p. 51⟩re-made, new made. As we commonly say of a Bell, if a Bell receive a crack, there is no mending of it: You cannot mend a Bell, as you may mend a Brass Pan, by putting a piece to it: There is no way to mend a crackt Bell, but by new casting it; it must to the Founder. Truly thus it is with mans heart; there is no mending it, no putting a patch to it; no repairing it, as you may repair a house that is delapidated. No, it must be new made: and therefore the pure heart which is here spoken of in the Text, in other Texts is called a new heart, Ezek. 36. 25, 26. It is not a mended heart, but it is a new heart. I will take away the heart of stone. The former heart is an heart of stone; a heart that hath no more of remorse in it; no more of softness or tenderness in it, than a stone: I will take away the heart of stone. He doth not say, I will mend the heart of stone, but I will take it away. ⟨p. 52⟩That is, I will take away the heart, so far as it is stony; And I will give you an heart of flesh: that is a new heart, an heart of flesh. The remade heart is a heart made wholly new: It is made wholly new by the power of God; and I may give it you in these four things.
